The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation. This universally recognized expression of ...

《思想者》（法语名：Le Penseur）是法国雕塑家奥古斯特·罗丹创作的雕塑，该模型在罗丹的指导下有多个雕塑，青铜放大像高度为198厘米；1880年制作石膏模型高度为68.5厘米。 现藏巴黎罗丹美术馆。 [1] 《思想者》塑造了一个强有力的劳动男子沉浸在极度痛苦中的姿态。 这件作品将深刻的精神内涵与完整的人物塑造融于一体，体现了罗丹雕塑艺术的基本特征。 [2] 《思想者》是罗丹整体作品体系中的典范，也是对他充满神奇的艺术实践的体现和反映；更是对他所建构并整合 …

2025年2月25日 · The Thinker, sculpture of a pensive nude male by French artist Auguste Rodin, one of his most well-known works. Many marble and bronze editions in several sizes were executed in Rodin’s lifetime and after, but the most famous version is the 6-foot (1.8-metre) bronze statue (commonly called a monumental) cast in 1904 that sits in the gardens ...

In the late 1880s Rodin began to exhibit the figure, sometimes with the title Poet, other times as Poet/Thinker. By 1896, however, it had become simply The Thinker, a still more universal image that reveals in physical terms the mental effort and even anguish of creativity.

2024年8月20日 · The Thinker’s plain face was seen as democratic and innovative and the muscular figure as representing an ordinary working man. In 1922, five years after Rodin’s death, The Thinker was moved to the gardens of the Rodin Museum in Paris. In compliance with the wish expressed by Rodin, The Thinker was placed as the sculptor’s headstone at ...

Enlarged in 1904, its colossal version proved even more popular: this image of a man lost in thought, but whose powerful body suggests a great capacity for action, has become one of the most celebrated sculptures ever known.

Measuring around 70 cm and destined to crown a tympanum of the bronze composition, The Thinker, originally titled The Poet, depicts a naked, seated man with tensed muscles and engrossed in thoughts.

Rodin originally created this figure for the top of The Gates of Hell. The seated man represented Dante, the Italian poet whose depiction of hell provided the theme for the doors. But the …

THE THINKER A man sits alone on a rock, absorbed in thought. He leans forward, with his elbow on his knee and hand supporting his chin. Clearly focused, he intently casts his eyes downward. Known as The Thinker, this bronze sculpture represents the creative mind at work. Although the figure is seated, he is not at rest. As Auguste Rodin (ah-GOOST

Rodin emphasized the figure’s powerful physical presence: “What makes my thinker think is that he thinks not only with his brain, with his knitted brow, his distended and compressed lips, but with every muscle of his arms, back and legs, with his clenched fist and gripping toes.” This is one of several full-size bronze casts of The Thinker.